The perfect time to take a tour of artists' Helen Dealtry and Dan Barry's Claverack, New York garden? Early evening, when the soft light shines through the trees. Come with us on a tour.
Just to the side of the house is a gravel driveway with the only addition the couple has made to the landscape: a swinging wooden gate that marks the entrance into the back gardens.
Garden beds create outdoor rooms in the back of the house.
A glass table serves as potting bench, with basil and small strawberries ready to be planted.
Lush roses grow tall.
Delphinium grows by the gate.
The garden beds curve and swoop to create privacy and separate spaces within the pea gravel patio.
A summer living room, set for lounging.
Adjacent to the patio, bordering the driveway, two rows of hornbeam hedges—one tall, one short—create a passage.
Turning and walking between the hedges, it feels as though you’re entering another room, Secret Garden style.